Dreams, By Langston Hughes

Dreams was written during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, by Langston Hughes. The poem maybe only 2 stanzas short, but Hughes was able to demonstrate the meaning behind the content. The main idea of the poem is dreams, but has no physical limitations. Hughes could mean hope, faith, or family, but it depends how the readers interpret it. During the period of the Harlem Renaissance, “Dreams” was most certainly important because Hughes was a black writer that wrote about the hardships they were facing at the time. However, some Negro critics did not support Hughes unattractive view of black life. The broken-winged bird in Dreams, by Langston Hughes, symbolizes the struggles that African American faced during that time period, and that